You have no doubt seen the news stories from around the country, large "flash-mobs," gatherings of unsupervised teenagers and preteens causing mayhem.
Horror at Wisconsin State Fair: Youth gangs
Milwaukee police said that around 11:10 p.m., squads were sent to the area for reports of battery, fighting and property damage being caused by an unruly crowd of "hundreds" of people. One officer described it as a "mob beating."
Police said that some victims were attacked while walking. They said others were pulled out of cars and off of motorcycles before being beaten.
In the good old days you would ask: "Where are their parents?"
Years ago the government program called the "Great Society" inadvertently took the responsibility for raising children away from the fathers, who became mere "babies' daddies."
Recently the Mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter, all but begged these "Babies' Daddys" to take that responsibility back after flash-mobs began to reign down terror on that city.
In the latest event July 29, about 20 to 30 youths descended on Center City after dark, then punched, beat and robbed bystanders. One man was kicked so savagely that he was hospitalized with a fractured skull. Police arrested four people, including an 11-year-old.
But under the government plan, if fathers stay in the home, literally thousands of dollars of government money and benefits cease flowing to the mother.
So these baby daddies don't dare come home, and the mothers can't "afford" them.
So this morning I see where one of the most beautiful areas of Kansas City is also now being destroyed as the fruitage of the "Great Society" begins to ripen.
Plaza mayhem prompts call for change
The Kansas City Star
The first notable occurrence was on April 10, 2010, when as many as 900 youths, some as young as 11, converged on the shopping and entertainment district that Saturday night. Police responded to reports of vandalism and assaults. One group of teens robbed and beat a couple from Grandview. A girl in a prom dress was shoved into a fountain. Fights broke out.
Police used pepper spray to disperse groups who refused to move along when instructed to do so.
The Saturday night shooting that saw three youths wounded and the mayor forced to the ground by his security team.
Afterward, city officials and community leaders expressed their concern by staging a summit to look for ways to deal with the situation. The general agreement was that kids needed more activities, programs like Night Hoops basketball.
However, no plan was developed. Circo now says she is unconvinced that more city-sponsored activities are the solution.
“We can have organized programs, but the kids who need to be there, aren’t,” she said in an interview before Saturday’s incident.
“We have a youth problem on the Plaza, but first and foremost we have a parent problem,” he said.
It ain't the fat kids in Chicago that worry me.
It's the "Great Society's" destruction of the family unit, making a responsible father in the home unnecessary.
According to January – May 2011 Chicago Police Department crime statistics, 56.1% of Chicago murders were gang-related. In 29.6% of these murder cases, the offender was an acquaintance, intimate partner or relative of the victim, while in 38.6% the relationship was not established. In 81.8% of cases, the assailant had a prior CPD record. 65.9% of offenders were African American, 38.1% were Hispanic, and 2.3% were white. Finally, 75.5% of victims were African American, 19.4% were Hispanic, and 3.6% were white.
But they are going to focus on children's weight, since they have failed elsewhere.
Edited by Rogerdodger, 15 August 2011 - 09:40 AM.